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Government Executive Editor in Chief Tom Shoop, along with other editors and staff correspondents, look at the federal bureaucracy from the outside in.
Fear of Government
Who was the big loser in Tuesday's primary elections? Uncle Sam. Here's Sen. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah, who was ousted even before the primaries by a Tea Party insurgency at his party's nominating convention, to Washington Post columnist David Broder:
"I'll tell you what is new. There is this thing called the federal government. It's big and intimidating, and it's out of control. And whoever you are, and whatever your title, or your history, or your individual voting record, if you are part of it, you find yourself having to defend it. And sometimes, it just looks indefensible to them."
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
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